State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,354 Kentucky births in 1952 across 972 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Kentucky more than they say America.

#71Wilmaoutside the national top 200
#39Donnie#156 nationally
#89Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#93Billieoutside the national top 200
#43Jackie#144 nationally
#62Garry#155 nationally
#96Cecil#185 nationally
#88Mildred#159 nationally
#58Patsy#128 nationally
#82Lonnie#148 nationally
#44Darrell#109 nationally
#82Ruby#145 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,544US #1
#2Mary1,386US #2
#3Deborah1,045US #4
#4Patricia1,045US #3
#5Brenda1,037US #15
#6Donna692US #13
#7Barbara690US #6
#8Sharon664US #14
#9Judy625US #26
#10Sandra544US #10
#11Nancy488US #7
#12Karen481US #8
#13Betty465US #32
#14Carolyn449US #24
#15Pamela432US #17
#16Kathy397US #29
#17Debra389US #9
#18Wanda377US #54
#19Susan374US #5
#20Joyce363US #27
#21Connie361US #44
#22Janice359US #23
#23Janet349US #19
#24Carol322US #12
#25Shirley318US #28
#26Martha309US #40
#27Margaret294US #21
#28Bonnie293US #41
#29Elizabeth289US #22
#30Phyllis282US #65
#31Rebecca278US #30
#32Beverly267US #35
#33Peggy254US #43
#34Judith252US #25
#35Teresa230US #52
#36Rita222US #66
#37Vicki199US #61
#38Sheila198US #64
#39Paula193US #47
#40Cynthia192US #18
#41Ruth190US #57
#42Marilyn188US #38
#43Diane184US #16
#44Kathleen184US #11
#45Jo180US #55
#46Charlotte179US #89
#47Diana177US #51
#48Virginia175US #49
#49Vickie172US #76
#50Anna166US #101
#51Sherry165US #68
#52Dorothy159US #46
#53Helen154US #63
#54Alice153US #69
#55Cathy153US #56
#56Marsha151US #75
#57Jane143US #42
#58Patsy141US #128
#59Glenda140US #97
#60Joan138US #37
#61Doris134US #83
#62Cheryl131US #31
#63Frances126US #67
#64Rose125US #62
#65Lois124US #86
#66Catherine123US #34
#67Theresa122US #60
#68Ann120US #45
#69Jacqueline118US #58
#70Sarah118US #93
#71Wilma117
#72Denise116US #33
#73Rhonda116US #95
#74Darlene108US #77
#75Anita107US #91
#76Christine104US #20
#77Gloria104US #36
#78Katherine104US #59
#79Laura100US #53
#80Jennifer97US #107
#81Kathryn94US #48
#82Ruby94US #145
#83Victoria94US #74
#84Sue92US #113
#85Norma89US #112
#86Regina88US #139
#87Loretta87US #136
#88Mildred81US #159
#89Shelia80
#90Gail77US #39
#91Jean76US #50
#92Julia76US #131
#93Billie75
#94Evelyn74US #90
#95Marcia71US #80
#96Yvonne69US #103
#97Charlene68US #106
#98Constance67US #92
#99Juanita66US #125
#100Carla64US #138

Boys

#1James2,062US #1
#2William1,383US #6
#3Michael1,347US #4
#4David1,342US #5
#5Robert1,327US #2
#6John1,265US #3
#7Larry1,035US #14
#8Charles1,011US #9
#9Gary955US #10
#10Richard724US #7
#11Donald641US #13
#12Thomas627US #8
#13Kenneth581US #16
#14Jerry576US #26
#15Danny520US #40
#16Paul480US #19
#17Ronald460US #15
#18Joseph456US #12
#19Roger455US #30
#20George427US #22
#21Stephen420US #21
#22Dennis418US #18
#23Terry403US #29
#24Steven382US #11
#25Billy318US #65
#26Daniel306US #20
#27Edward284US #23
#28Bobby279US #77
#29Ronnie263US #82
#30Mark254US #17
#31Harold250US #51
#32Johnny244US #53
#33Roy222US #55
#34Douglas221US #28
#35Carl215US #45
#36Gregory213US #24
#37Jimmy201US #72
#38Phillip189US #74
#39Donnie180US #156
#40Bruce179US #25
#41Timothy179US #27
#42Anthony178US #34
#43Jackie162US #144
#44Darrell156US #109
#45Raymond154US #33
#46Gerald151US #39
#47Ralph150US #56
#48Randall148US #63
#49Lawrence146US #35
#50Barry145US #69
#51Ricky145US #81
#52Jack140US #52
#53Wayne140US #38
#54Joe139US #62
#55Walter131US #44
#56Randy126US #41
#57Frank125US #32
#58Eddie124US #93
#59Samuel120US #67
#60Tommy119US #97
#61Stanley117US #58
#62Garry115US #155
#63Glenn114US #61
#64Henry112US #50
#65Steve111US #85
#66Allen110US #78
#67Ernest109US #87
#68Dale106US #46
#69Harry105US #75
#70Earl104US #98
#71Clarence103US #102
#72Eugene102US #71
#73Marvin102US #95
#74Arthur101US #47
#75Patrick98US #37
#76Keith95US #49
#77Alan94US #42
#78Micheal93US #94
#79Philip92US #60
#80Rodney91US #84
#81Jeffrey90US #31
#82Lonnie90US #148
#83Howard87US #73
#84Jesse81US #112
#85Russell80US #70
#86Dwight74US #123
#87Ray74US #113
#88Albert72US #66
#89Curtis71US #86
#90Fred71US #90
#91Leonard71US #83
#92Tony70US #133
#93Lloyd69US #130
#94Floyd62US #149
#95Norman62US #96
#96Cecil61US #185
#97Clifford60US #99
#98Don60US #120
#99Edwin60US #118
#100Jimmie59US #163

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑31Ricky#51
↑30Cynthia#40
↑26Denise#72
↑22Micheal#78
↑19Keith#76
↑17Jennifer#80
↑17Dale#68
↑16Diane#43

Falling

↓21Lonnie#82
↓18Wilma#71
↓18Norma#85
↓18Russell#85
↓16Gloria#77
↓14Anna#50
↓13Ruby#82
↓13Evelyn#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.